Bag-holder



B. P. ELLIS.

BAG HOLDER.

. (No Model.)

' Patented Feb. 5

WITNESSES IINiTED STATES PATENT GrrrcE.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELLIS, OF IVAYNE, ILLINOIS.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,346, dated February5, 1889.

Application filed July .19, 1888. $erial No. 280,355. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELLIS, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at \Vayne, in the county of Du Page andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBag-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters orfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbag-holders, the object thereof being to provide a simple and effectivedevice to which a bag can be attached to hold the mouth of the sameopen, said device also being provided with means for attaching the sameto a support, as a bin or barrel; and my invention consists in abag-holder made of a single red of metal, the terminal portions beingbent to form hooks, while the central portion thereof is bent uponitself and downwardly to assist in retaining the bag, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims-In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved bagholder. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the bag attachedthereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the bag in position uponthe holder.

A refers to a bar of metal. of suitable size, which is bent to form acircular portion, a, the ends of the rod being bent together or loopedupon themselves, as shown at b, so as to provide a downwardly-projectingportion. The ends are then coiled one or more times around the rod, andthen bent upwardly to form books 0, the ends of which are pointed. Itwill be observed that the downwardlyprojecting port-ion Z) is inclined,so that when the device is attached to a bin or other object the hookswill pass over the upper edge of said bin, and the aforesaiddownwardlyprojecting portion 1) will press against the side of the bin,so as to clamp or jam the bag against the same. The rod, where it iscoiled around the portion a, will re-enforce or stiffen the same, andwill locate the upwardly-projecting hooks c at a slight distance fromthe center, so that the hooks will prevent the parts rocking.

To secure a bag to my improved holder, it is drawn through the coil orring a and the rear portion of the bag placed over and under theprojecting portion 1), after which the front edge of the bag is turneddown over the ring a. This will securely hold the bag in position, andas thebag is filled the weight therein will cause pressure upon thedowuiwardly-projecting portion b, so as to press the bag against saidportion and bin.

The device hereinbefore described is extremely simple and cheap, and canbe attached not only to bins or receptacles, but also to objects havingflat tops, into which the pointed ends of the hooks will press.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to provide a bag-holder with meansfor holding the bag open by passingover the bag-holder and over theedges of the same, and I do not claim such construction, broadly; but

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bag-holder consisting of a band or hoop provided at one side with atongue or loop extending down and outward from the hoop and having oneither side of said tongue vertical shanks, each terminating at top in ahook, substantially as described.

2. A bag-holder consisting of a band or hoop provided at one side with atongue eX- tending down and outward from the hoop and having on eitherside of said tongue a vertical shank terminating in a sharp-pointedhook, substantially as described.

8. A bag-holder constructed of a single length of metal and consistingof a hoop provided at one side with a tongue extending down and outwardand having on either side of said tongue a vertical shank terminating attop in a hook, substantially as described.

#1:. A bag-holder constructed 01. a single In testimony whereoil affixniysig'natnre in blank 01 met-a1 bent to form the 1100p a andpresence of two witnefises. the doubled tongue I), projecting down andoutward from the 1100p, the end of the blank: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN YELLTS.

5 being coiled around the 1100p at each side 01:

H] e tongue an (I tennimii'in in. vertical shanks W i1'n esses: havinghooks at their upper ends, substan- II. \V. HUBBARD,

tizilly 31s described. I. N. MAR'IIN, Jr.

